Kim Ji-mi

Acting

Kim Ji-mi

Born 1940-07-15 · Daejeon, South Korea

South Korean actress, producer, and film planner whose activity began in 1957. She was born in Daedeok, South Chungcheong province, Korea in 1940. While a student of Deokseong Girls' High School, Kim was cast to Kim Ki-young's film, Hwanghon yeolcha (황혼열차) in 1957. Kim has been commonly dubbed "Elizabeth Taylor of Korea" by the South Korean news media for her resemblance with the American actress' appearance and popularity as well as her many marriages and divorces

Acting credits

Five Marines poster
5.6

A brigade of five marines are sent on a dangerous mission to capture an enemy stronghold during the Korean War.

Five Marines

1961

Desire poster
10.0

A doctor is shocked to learn that his girlfriend had formerly been the mistress of a married man.

Desire

1968

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema poster
5.5

Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

2012

Women of Yi-Dynasty poster
9.0

Four short stories examing the lives of women in the last 18th and 19th century Story 1: 'Wives Should Be Submissive'--A father tries to marry his daughter into a wealthy family. Story 2: 'A Daughter-In-Law Is No Better Than A Stranger'--A woman thinks that her daughter-in-law has turned her son against her so she tries to kill the younger woman. Story 3: '7 Grounds For Divorce'--A wife begins an affair with her servant because of her husband's impotency Story 4: 'Prohibit Sex In Court'--A concubine's life is at risk when it is revealed that her infant child is not the king's.

Women of Yi-Dynasty

1969

The Love Story of Chun-hyang poster
4.0

Wolmae is a gisaeng living in Namwon. Her daughter, Chun-hyang, is secretly engaged to marry Lee Mong-ryong. Lee leaves for Seoul with his father and the new governor, Byeon Hak-do, begins coveting Chun-hyang.

The Love Story of Chun-hyang

1961

Wang-geon, the Great poster
10.0

General Wang-gun marches on the capitol and overthrows the usurper Ku-jin who had slain the last king of the Shilla Dynasty. Wang-gun becomes king and begins a new era in Korean History--the Koryo Dynasty.

Wang-geon, the Great

1970

Elegy of Ren poster
6.0

Simon, a painter, regains the use of his hands thanks to therapy administered by Ren. Later, when Simon is kidnapped by communists and forced to paint a portrait of Stalin, Ren again helps him by assisting in his escape. Simon's wife, however, is less than pleased at their growing friendship and becomes determined to keep them apart.

Elegy of Ren

1969

No artwork available
8.0

The only son of a government official Yun loves Ok-hwa, the daughter of former gisaeng Gye-seon. But his father doesn't feel good about having a daughter of a former gisaeng as his daughter-in-law. He matches him instead with the only daughter of another official. Soon, Ok-hwa dies of lovesickness missing Yun so much. The ghost of her appears to Yun, who betrayed her and married another woman, to make him repent for his fault.

Why a Cuckoo Cries

1967

Woman of Fire '82 poster
4.8

Intrigue and murder on a small poultry farm outside of Seoul when a young maid starts working on the farm and is seduced by the local farm hand.

Woman of Fire '82

1982

Myong-Ja Akiko Sonia poster
7.0

The life of a woman through the tumultuous years of Korea's modern history.

Myong-Ja Akiko Sonia

1992

The Sea Knows poster
7.0

A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.

The Sea Knows

1961

No artwork available
8.0

Three traditional Korean folktales. Story 1: The kindness and good deeds of a poor couple earns them a bag of gold from heaven. Story 2: A brave man battles a bloodthirsty ghost. Story 3: A man must choose between devotion to his lover or duty to his parents.

Legends

1968

Gilsodom poster
6.9

A middle-aged woman in Busan searches for the son she lost in Gilsodom during the Korean War.

Gilsodom

1986

The Only Son poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Only Son

1963

Quit Your Life poster
9.0

In the coal mine of the North Manchuria in the Japanese colonial period, Dhiho (Park, Sik) and Jinsu (Kim Hee-la), who made the ceremony, are accused of stealing gold from the Dalgyo (Hurjanggang) crowd. In the end, he returned to Seoul to pay for the injustice of the innocent and deadly victim, hoping for a chance to revenge around Dalgy, the company's president, as a stolen gold bullion. On the other hand, Hyeon-joo's wife, Yong-sook (Kim Ji-mi), who lives alone as a blind person, can not tell her husband's death and reassures her that she is innocent. In the sadness of Yong - suk, he writes a corneal transplant consent to donate his eye to her, and then infiltrates his house to avenge her. However, Young-suk is kidnapped by his subordinates, and his plans are ruined. In the end, he kills Dalguy at the end of his battles with Dalguy's men, but he suffers from severe injuries and dies with his consent to transfer the cornea.

Quit Your Life

1971

No artwork available
7.0

Two traditional stories. In the first, a girl marries the bravest man in the village so she can send him into a monster's lair to collect an mystic herb which can save her father's life. In the second story, even death cannot prevent a devoted wife from helping in her husband's success.

Herb of Desire

1968

Prince Daewon poster
8.0

When King Cheol-jang dies, the throne passes to his son King Ko-jang but, because he is considered to be too inexperienced, his ambitious uncle rules as regent. The rightful king's wife, the politically brilliant Queen Min, refuses to accept this situation and brings about the uncle's exile in order to secure the throne.

Prince Daewon

1968

Eulhwa poster
9.0

Eul-hwa discovers that she has a talent for shamanism. She sends her son away to be raised by monks while she delves into shamanistic rituals and spells. Eventually she becomes a powerful shaman. However, with Christianity taking hold in Korea, Eul-hwa finds her way of life threatened and herself at odds with her religious son.

Eulhwa

1979

The Freezing Point poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Freezing Point

1967

Promises poster
4.5

Mild-mannered and modest Sook-young looks like your usual middle-aged woman, but happens to be a man-killing murderess. On a train trip to Mokpo, she remembers an earlier trip as a prisoner on furlough accompanied by a menacing but kind butch female guard. On the train they meet Hoon, a young man who falls for Sook-young. The guard lets them be alone at a bizarre marriage in a hill-top graveyard.

Promises

1975

A Second Mother poster
10.0

Nam-Ok who has Yun-Ho and Yun-Suk remarries widowed Heung-Yeol who has Hyeong-Tae and Hyeong-Ja. Nam-Ok are concerned about frequent quarrels between half brothers and sisters, but manages to deal with them wisely. As Yun-Ho who went to fishing with him falls into the water, Heung-Yeol tries to save him only to drown himself to death. Fifteen years later, Hyeong-Tae goes abroad to study while Hyeong-Ja lives in extravagance in Seoul. Yun-Suk gets to know Dong-Oh on the train, and Dong-Ho gets to like her, but later misunderstands her due to Hyeong-Ja's scheme, which causes Yun-Suk to commit suicide.

A Second Mother

1972

Step-mother poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Step-mother

1967

Kinship poster
6.2

The story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families sell cheap things such as socks and pens to make a living and there is a serious gap between the parents and their children. A widower Kim Deok-sam nags his son Geo-buk to join the American army. Ok-Mae who lives next door teaches her daughter Bok-soon traditional Korean folksongs and forces her to become a gisaeng.

Kinship

1963

Eight Daughters-in-law poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Eight Daughters-in-law

1970

Behind the camera

Myong-Ja Akiko Sonia poster
7.0

The life of a woman through the tumultuous years of Korea's modern history.

Myong-Ja Akiko Sonia

1992

No artwork available
8.0

Ju-hie feels deeply frustrated with her life after failing to enter college. She attempts to study to re-take the entrance exam, but after meeting a boyfriend, her studies begin to suffer.

Orange Country

1993

Ticket poster
5.8

The lives of the women working in a "café" in a South Korean port town, where customers exchange tickets for services.

Ticket

1986

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Country of Fire

1989

The Land of Water poster
10.0

Han Kil-soo will do anything and everything to get ahead. He betrays Chairman Heo Man-chul, who has brought Kil-soo success. Kil-soo even takes Chairman Heo's mistress, Song Mi-ran, away from him. When he meets Seo Ji-hye, a college student, Kil-soo falls in love for the first time. He quickly frames his wife and even divorces her. On the other hand, Kil-soo's hometown friend, Baek Chan-gyu, values mental peace above all and searches for the value of work. By Chairman Heo's plotting, Kil-soo is bankrupted. He spends three years and six months in jail. After his release, Kil-soo still hasn't lost that arrogance in his eyes. He still believes in the golden dream of being a special citizen.

The Land of Water

1990

I Give You Everything poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

I Give You Everything

1989

America, America poster
10.0

A young Korean-American accidently kills someone and spends the next 7 years in prison. When released, she joins up with a middle-aged Korean man looking for his wife and an illegal immigrant on the run. Together they travel to Lake Tahoe and find redemption along the way.

America, America

1988